List of rebel groups in Ethiopia
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This is an incomplete list of rebel groups in Ethiopia currently and formerly active in the country.
Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)
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| Name
!Abbreviation !Founded !Location !Notes |
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| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Afar Liberation Front.svg|size=25px}} Afar Liberation Front
|ALF |1975 |Armed wing disarmed after the civil war and became a political party. |
| All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement
|MEISON |1968 | |Became a member of the UEDF coalition. |
| Amhara National Democratic Movement
|ANDM |1982 |Became a member of the EPRDF coalition. |
| Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic Forces
|COEDF |{{ntsh|0}} ???? |No specific region |Formed by former members of MEISON and the EPRP. |
| {{flagdeco|Eritrea|1952|size=25px}} Eritrean Liberation Front
|ELF |1961 | |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the EPLF.svg|size=25px}} Eritrean People's Liberation Front
|EPLF |1970 |Disbanded following the independence of Eritrea and became the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) in 1994. |
| Ethiopian Democratic Union
|EDU |1974 |No specific region |Merged with the Ethiopian Democratic Party to form the Ethiopian Democratic Unity Party. |
| File:Logo of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party.svg Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party
|EPRP |1972 |No specific region | |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Gambela People's Liberation Movement.svg|size=25px}} Gambela People's Liberation Movement
|GPLM |1985 | |
| Horyaal Democratic Front
|HDF |1977 | |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia.png|size=25px}} Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia
|IFLO |1985 |Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| Kefagn Patriotic Front
|KPF |{{ntsh|0}} ???? | |
| Marxist–Leninist League of Tigray
|MLLT |1983 |No specific region |Part of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Ogaden National Liberation Front(2).svg|size=25px}} Ogaden National Liberation Front
|ONLF |1984 |Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Oromo Liberation Front.svg|size=25px}} Oromo Liberation Front
|OLF |1973 |Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization.png|size=25px}} Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization}}
|OPDO |1982 | |
| Popular Liberation Forces
|PLF |{{ntsh|0}} ???? | |
| {{flagicon image|Infobox TPLF.png|size=25px}} Tigray People's Liberation Front
|TPLF |1975 | |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Western Somali Liberation Front.svg|size=25px}} Western Somali Liberation Front
|WSLF |1973 | |
Post-Cold War (1991–present)
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| Name
!Abbreviation !Founded !Location !Notes |
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| {{flagicon image|Flag of ARDUF.png|size=25px}} Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front
|ARDUF |1993 | |
| Democratic Front for Eritrean Unity
|DFEU |{{ntsh|0}} ???? |Allied with the Ethiopian government. |
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kunama people.png}} Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama}}
|DMLEK |{{ntsh|0}} ???? |Allied with the Ethiopian government. |
| {{flagdeco|Eritrea|1952|size=25px}} Eritrean National Salvation Front
|ENSF |{{ntsh|0}} ???? |Allied with the Ethiopian government. |
| Ethiopian Democratic Party
|EDP |1999 |No specific region |Became a political party after the civil war. |
| Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front
|EPPF |1998 |Ethiopia–Eritrea border | |
| Ginbot 7
|None |2005 |No specific region |Accused by the Ethiopian government of attempting a coup in 2009. |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia.png|size=25px}} Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia
|IFLO |1985 |Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front
|IGLF |1991 |Ethiopia–Somalia border |Defunct since 1992. |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Ogaden National Liberation Front(2).svg|size=25px}} Ogaden National Liberation Front
|ONLF |1984 |Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Oromo Liberation Front.svg|size=25px}} Oromo Liberation Front
|OLF |1973 |Continued armed insurgency after the civil war. |
| Oromo Liberation Front — Shane Group{{cite web|title=Ethiopia {{!}} Opposition groups — recent developments|url=https://www.nyidanmark.dk/-/media/Files/US/Landenotater/COI_report_Ethiopia_Opposition_Groups_Recent-Develop_Jan_2020.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Immigration and Integration (Denmark)|access-date=5 December 2020}}
|OLF-SG | | |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation.svg|size=25px}} Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation
|RSADO |1999 |Allied with the Ethiopian government. |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Saho People's Democratic Movement.svg|size=25px}} Saho People's Democratic Movement
|SPDM |{{ntsh|0}} ???? |Allied with the Ethiopian government. |
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Sidama Liberation Front.svg|size=25px}} Sidama Liberation Front
|SLF |1999 | |
| {{flagicon image|Infobox TPLF.png|size=25px}} Tigray People's Liberation Front
|TPLF |1975 | |